304 APPLES. 



with light crimson; very handsome flesh, white, fine grained, 

 juicy, very good. Russian. Valuable for market or culinary. 



Tetofski.* Medium, roundish, or oblate conic, handsomely striped 

 with red and covered with a whitish bloom ; flesh white, sprightly, 

 sub-acid, pleasant. Tree a moderate grower, very hardy and 

 productive. Valuable for market. July and August. Russian. 



Horse. Large, varying from oblate to round, ribbed ; yellow ; 

 stalk short ; cavity and basin shallow ; flesh yellow, rather coarse, 

 sub-acid. Tree vigorous, productive, valued at the South and 

 West as a summer cooking and drying apple. North Carolina. 



R irkbridge White. (Yellow June.) Size medium, oval, tapering 

 to apex and base, equally blunt at ends with broad ribs, smooth ; 

 pale yellow ; stem short ; cavity and basin very narrow ; flesh 

 very tender, fine-grained, with a moderately "good" sub-acid 

 flavor. Ripens soon after Early Harvest and for six weeks. 

 Tree a slow grower, but a great and early bearer ; valuable at 

 the West. Too tender for long transportation. 



Lowland Raspberry. Medium, roundish, conic, clear ; waxen, 

 white, shaded and marbled crimson ; cavity narrow, acute ; stem 

 medium ; basin small ; flesh snow-white, tinged with pink next 

 the skin ; tender, fine-grained, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, almost 

 sweet, quality good. Fig. 397. August. Russian. 



Lyman's Large Summer. Large, roundish, flattened at ends ; 

 pale yellow ; sub-acid, high flavored, rather fine in quality. Ri- 

 pens at the end of summer. Tree a poor bearer until large. Conn. 



Primate.* Above medium in size, roundish-conical, somewhat 

 ribbed ; light green, becoming light yellow, often with a slight 

 blush ; fine grained, very juicy, with a very agreeable, mild, 

 sub-acid flavor. Ripens for several weeks through the latter 

 part of summer. Often water-cores. Valuable for home use. 

 New York. Fig. 366. 



Red Astrachan.* Rather large, sometimes quite large, roundish- 

 oblate, slightly approaching conical, rather smooth ; nearly whole 

 surface brilliant deep crimson, with a thick bloom like a plum ; 

 stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long ; calyx in a small 

 slightly uneven basin ; flesh white, rather crisp ; good, rather 

 acid, slightly austere. A few days after Early Harvest. Excel- 

 lent for cooking. Shoots stout, dark brown, diverging and ascend- 

 ing; leaves broad. This apple, although of second-rate flavor, 



